Taking Over Me

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Across the Universe*
All That I'm Living For
Anything for You
Anywhere
Artifact/The Turn
Ascension of the Spirit
Away from Me
Before the Dawn
Better Without You
Bleed
Blind Belief
Breathe No More
Bring Me to Life
Broken Pieces Shine
Call Me When You're Sober
Catherine
Cloud Nine
Demise
Disappear
End of the Dream
Erase This
Eternal
Even in Death
Everybody's Fool
Exodus
Far From Heaven
Farther Away
Feeding the Dark
Field of Innocence
Forever You
Forgive Me
Give Unto Me
Going Under
Good Enough
Haunted
Hello
Hi-Lo
If You Don't Mind
Imaginary
Imperfection
Instrumental 1
Instrumental 2
Instrumental 3
Instrumental 4
Lacrymosa
Lies
Like You
Listen to the Rain
Lithium
Lose Control
Lost in Paradise
Made of Stone
Me & You
Missing
My Heart Is Broken
My Immortal
My Last Breath
Never Go Back
New Way to Bleed
Oceans
October
Origin
Overture
Part of Me
Perfect Dream
Say You Will
Secret Door
Sick
Snow White Queen
So Close
Solitude
Spanish
Surrender
Sweet Sacrifice
Swimming Home
Take Cover
Taking Over Me
The Chain*
The Change
The End
The Game is Over
The In-Between
The Last Song I'm Wasting on You
The Only One
The Other Side
Together Again
Tourniquet
Understanding
Unknown Title
Unraveling
Use My Voice
Wasted on You
Weight of the World
What You Want
Where Will You Go?
Whisper
Yeah Right
You Got a Lot to Learn
Your Love
Your Star
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General information

Written by: A. Lee, B. Moody, D. Hodges and J. LeCompt

Taking Over Me is the eighth track from Evanescence's debut album, Fallen. It was originally recorded during the 2001-2002 demo sessions before being chosen for the album. It was written about Amy Lee's future husband, Josh Hartzler, as explained in her Kerrang! cover story about the 20th anniversary of Fallen:

Vin1.jpg “As with Bring Me To Life, I was writing that one about [Amy’s future husband] Josh kinda too, secretly. A lot of my lyrics have double meanings. There is the main meaning and then there’s the secret, sub-meaning for me. The main meaning was storytelling from the eyes of the stalker – with the line, ‘You don’t remember me, but I remember you.’ It was sort of the prequel to Snow White Queen [from 2006’s The Open Door]. But the underneath meaning was that I was having all these feelings for this guy that I couldn’t tell him about. Why tell one story when you can two? I do that so often!”[1] Vin2.jpg


The band stopped performing this song during the start of The Open Door tour, but they played it again during the Family Values Tour in 2007. They also played the song at the NYC Secret Show[2] and the Maquinaria Festival show in 2009.

The voice notes included on a cassette tape of Fallen's 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition Box Set contain audio of Amy Lee singing the lyric "I knew you loved me then". The cassette tape also includes a demo dated November 15, 2001.

Versions

Studio versions:

Taking Over Me [Fallen version]

  • Recording date: August - November 2002
  • Status: Released
  • Released on: Fallen (track #8)
  • Length: 3:49

Taking Over Me [Demo version #1]

  • Recording date: 2001-2002
  • Status: Unreleased
  • Length: 3:19

Taking Over Me [Demo version #2]

  • Recording date: 2001-2002
  • Status: Unreleased
  • Length: 3:41

Taking Over Me [Demo 11.15.01][note 1]

  • Recording date: November 15, 2001
  • Status: Released
  • Released on: Fallen 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition Box Set cassette tape (track #A5)
  • Length: 3:13

Taking Over Me [Fallen pre-master][note 2]

  • Recording date: August - November 2002
  • Status: Unreleased
  • Length: 3:49


Live versions:

Taking Over Me [Live]

  • Performing period: 2002 - August 14, 2004; July 20 - August 24, 2007; November 4 - November 8, 2009
  • Status: Released
  • Recording date: October 17, 2003 ("Everybody's Fool" single), May 25, 2004 (Anywhere but Home)
  • Released on:
Anywhere but Home (track #3)
"Everybody's Fool" single (track #2)
  • Length: 4:08 ("Everybody's Fool" single), 3:57 (Anywhere but Home)

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Lyrics

Fallen and Fallen pre-master version

You don't remember me but I remember you
I lie awake and try so hard not to think of you
But who can decide what they dream?
And dream I do

[I believe] I believe in you
I'll give up everything just to find you
[I believe] I have to be with you to live, to breathe
You're taking over me

Have you forgotten all I know
And all we had?
You saw me mourning my love for you
And touched my hand
I knew you loved me, then

[I believe] I believe in you [I believe in you]
I'll give up everything just to find you
[I believe] I have to be with you to live, to breathe
You're taking over me

I look in the mirror and see your face
If I look deep enough
So many things inside that are just like you are taking over

I believe in you
I'll give up everything just to find you
I have to be with you to live, to breathe
You're taking over me

[I believe] I believe in you [I believe in you]
I'll give up everything just to find you
I have to be with you to live, to breathe
You're taking over me

Taking over me
You're taking over me
Taking over me
Taking over me

Demo version #1

You don't remember me but I remember you
I lie awake and try so hard not to think of you
But who [who] can [can] decide what they dream?
And dream I do

I believe in you
I'll give up everything just to find you
[I believe] I have to be with you to live, to breathe
You're taking over me

Have you forgotten all I know
And all we had?
You saw me mourning my love for you [mourning my love for you]
And touched my hand
I knew you loved me, then

[I believe] I believe in you
I'll give up everything just to find you
[I believe] I have to be with you to live, to breathe
You're taking over me

I look in a mirror and see your face
If I look deep enough
So many things inside that are just like you are taking over

I believe in you
I'll give up everything just to find you
I have to be with you to live, to breathe
You're taking over me

[I believe] I believe in you [I believe in you]
I'll give up everything just to find you
[I believe] I have to be with you to live, to breathe
You're taking over me

[I believe] I believe in you
You're taking over me

Demo version #2

You don't remember me but I remember you
I lie awake and try so hard not to think of you
But who [who] can [can] decide what they dream?
And dream I do

I believe in you
I'll give up everything just to find you [I believe]
I have to be with you to live, to breathe [to live, to breathe]
You're taking over me

Have you forgotten all I know
And all we had?
You saw me mourning my love for you [mourning my love for you]
And touched my hand
I knew you loved me, then

I believe in you
I'll give up everything just to find you [I believe]
I have to be with you to live, to breathe [to live, to breathe]
You're taking over me

I look in a mirror and see your face
If I look deep enough
So many things inside that are just like you are taking over

I believe in you
I'll give up everything just to find you
I have to be with you to live, to breathe
You're taking over me

[I believe] I believe in you [I believe in you]
I'll give up everything just to find you [I believe]
I have to be with you to live, to breathe [to live, to breathe]
You're taking over me

[I believe] I believe in you
You're taking over me
I believe
You're taking over me

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Notes

  1. Similar to demo #1
  2. This track is the same as the Fallen version with an added guitar riff in the ending, which was removed from the final cut of the song.

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